Following are the advantages of railways:
(1) Railways provide a comfortable and safe means of communication within the reach of a common man.
(2) Transport of bulk of letters, parcels and heavy goods like raw materials, coal, ores etc.
from the mines and manufacturing concerns for long distance is cheap and convenient only by Railways.
(3) Railway transport requires less amount of power due to less tractive resistance of steel wheel and steel rails.
(4) Railways provide employment to millions of people.
(6) Railway forms the chief source of revenue to a country without any taxation.
(7) During famines and calamities, railway help in providing medical aid and other help to those affected by it.
(8) Railways play an important role in the industrialization of country.
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